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Partnership and shared resilience: Cities stand with Ukraine
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, partnerships between Ukrainian and European cities continue to deepen. City officers in Leipzig, Warsaw and Tallinn explain how this cooperation has evolved, the challenges Ukrainian colleagues face, and their shared commitment to stand together.
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The oracle for inclusive green mobility
In ancient Greece, leaders travelled on foot or by horse to the city of Delphi to ask an oracle what the future might hold. Today, cities want to know which sustainable mobility interventions will truly work. And for answers, they increasingly turn to a modern source of wisdom: data and artificial intelligence.
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How cities are making the European Cycling Declaration a reality
Over one year on from the adoption of the EU's European Declaration on Cycling, how are cities turning the pledge into safer, more inclusive cycling, and what EU action is needed to ensure lasting urban change?
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Investing in Europe starts with cities: What new EU research reveals
As EU budget negotiations continue, Eurocities is presenting evidence to show why cities must have a stronger role in EU funding. In this article, we share ESPON URDICO research demonstrating that Cohesion Policy works best when cities are full partners.
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In Cagliari nature comes first
The Metropolitan City of Cagliari has recently joined Eurocities. We have talked to mayor Paolo Truzzu to discuss about their commitment to environment and sustainable mobility.
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First three cities sign the Green City Accord
Turku, Penafiel and Torres Vedras are the first cities to join the Green City Accord, a commitment to take environmental action.
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What role for cities in social Europe plans?
As cities have been on the front lines of managing the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, they will also be crucial for ensuring that no one is left behind in the recovery efforts in the coming months, and even years.
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Eurocities representatives named Climate Pact Ambassadors
Katarina Luhr, Deputy Mayor of Stockholm and Eurocities’ representative in the Covenant of Mayors Board, and Rafal Trazkowski, Mayor of Warsaw and Eurocities Board member, have been appointed as ‘Ambassadors’ of the European Climate Pact.
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Swedish cities sign climate city contract
Following the EU’s revision of its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030, and ahead of today’s climate pact announcement, as part of the European Green Deal, the Swedish cities have signed Europe’s first climate city contract.
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Cities rally for integration
What are the pressing questions for integration at local level? The European Commission and Parliament got together with cities at Integrating Cities IX to find out.
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Stricter control of Airbnb & Co. – cities support EU proposals
Better protection of people’s digital rights and stricter control of big tech companies: cities welcome the proposed new digital laws – and demand more power for local authorities.
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Breda frames energy losses to get people on board
A frontrunner in the Netherlands in terms of reducing emissions linked to the building stock, Breda is making people see the way towards energy savings.
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Tackling rising emissions in Grenoble’s walls
The ‘capital of the Alps’ is retrofitting eco-friendly insulation into older buildings to tackle the housing sector’s huge emissions footprint.
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Happy birthday, Paris Agreement!
A night of decisions for the EU. Cities welcome the budget approval and consider the new climate targets as a positive step forward.
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